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Dec 27, 2011
Washington state officials will consider a request to allow medical marijuana for people with attention deficit disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
The petition, according to the AP, is the latest attempt to add mental illnesses to Washington's list of qualifying conditions for medical cannabis. Three other petitions, including one for depression, have been denied.
Medical marijuana has been legal in Washington state since 1998. The law allows patients with terminal or debilitating conditions to use marijuana. Qualifying conditions include cancer, HIV, multiple sclerosis, glaucoma and “intractable pain.” It also includes anorexia, as a disease that results in nausea, vomiting and wasting away.
The latest request involves an Edmonds man who petitioned authorities in September to include conditions he said he has suffered from for years. The Medical Quality Assurance Commission and the Board of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery will consider the man's petition at a hearing on Jan. 11.
The last qualifying condition added for medical marijuana in Washington was chronic renal failure in 2010.
Source: AP
